Gumloop vs n8n

Gumloop

• Teams that want non-engineers to build their own agents
• Companies that prefer unlimited seats on one shared credit pool
• Agents that answer in Slack or Microsoft Teams

n8n

• Technical teams that want to host their automation on their own servers
• Developers who mix visual workflows with JavaScript or Python
• Building AI agents where every step can be inspected

Gumloop

• There is no free plan: new accounts get a one-time 14-day Pro trial that requires a card and converts to paid unless canceled.
• Pro credits do not roll over, and agents stop at 20,000 credits a month unless pay-as-you-go is switched on.
• Bringing your own model API key removes token costs but raises the orchestration fee from 8% to 16%.
• Role-based access control, SCIM and SAML, audit logs, the admin dashboard and data exports are limited to Enterprise.

n8n

• n8n Cloud has no free plan; the free option is self-hosting the Community Edition, which you run and maintain yourself.
• The Community Edition leaves out SSO, projects, environments, Git version control and workflow sharing.
• The Business plan is self-hosted only and starts at €667 a month, billed annually.
• The pricing page showed prices in euros when checked; no US dollar price list was found on n8n's site.

Gumloop

Agents on your tools and data

Agents work across more than 300 connectors and shared company knowledge, with a choice of 35+ models or your own model API keys.

Triggers, schedules and API

App triggers and recurring schedules start agents automatically, and a REST API can run them from other systems.

Skills

Agents write reusable playbooks called skills, which can be shared across a team and synced with GitHub.

Slack, Teams and Gmail

Agents can be @mentioned in Slack channels and threads, brought into Microsoft Teams chats and channels, and used to draft and triage mail in Gmail.

Sharing and permissions

An agent built by one person can be shared with an individual, a team or the whole organization at owner, editor, viewer or use-only level.

Usage-based credits

Model tokens, compute and paid tool calls are billed at list price in credits worth $0.005 each, plus an 8% orchestration fee, or 16% when you bring your own model keys.

n8n

Visual builder with code steps

Workflows are built on a canvas, and JavaScript or Python can be written anywhere in them. Single steps can be re-run and earlier data replayed while debugging.

AI agents

Agents are assembled from AI nodes on the same canvas, with each step of their reasoning open to inspection and the option to require human approval.

Self-hosting

n8n can run on your own infrastructure with Docker, including air-gapped setups. The Community Edition is free; Business and Enterprise add SSO, environments and Git version control.

Execution-based pricing

One run of a whole workflow counts as a single execution, however many steps it has. Going over the plan quota does not stop workflows, but overage charges may apply.

Integrations and custom APIs

The homepage cites 500+ integrations, including Google Sheets, Slack and OpenAI, and other services can be reached through custom API connections.

Shared projects

Shared projects group workflows for a team: 1 on Starter, 3 on Pro, 6 on Business and unlimited on Enterprise. Pro adds admin roles and workflow history.

Gumloop

• Pro$37

  per month, including 20,000 credits

  Unlimited seats, teams and agents, 35+ models, your own API keys, email support, and optional pay-as-you-go overage at $0.005 a credit.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom credits, role-based access control, SCIM and SAML, audit logs, org-wide connector policies, optional virtual private cloud and Slack support.

n8n

• Community Edition€0

  Self-hosted from GitHub. Almost the complete feature set, without SSO, projects, environments, Git version control or workflow sharing.

• Starter€20

  per month, billed annually, for 2,500 executions

  Hosted by n8n. Unlimited steps per workflow, 1 shared project, 5 concurrent executions, and agents, MCP and AI nodes.

• Pro€50

  per month, billed annually, for 10,000 executions

  Hosted by n8n. 3 shared projects, up to 50 concurrent executions, 7 days of insights, admin roles and workflow history.

• Business€667

  per month, billed annually, for 40,000 executions

  Self-hosted only. 6 shared projects, SSO with SAML and LDAP, multiple environments, Git version control, queue mode and 30 days of insights.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Hosted or self-hosted. Custom executions, unlimited shared projects, 200+ concurrent executions, external secret store, log streaming and SLA support.

Gumloop

No public discounts listed.

n8n

• Annual discount

  Save 17% with annual billing

  n8n's pricing page shows a 17% saving when a plan is billed annually instead of monthly. The prices listed here are the annual rates.

• Startups

  Start-up Plan: 50% off Business

  Companies with fewer than 20 employees can check whether they qualify for the Start-up Plan, which takes 50% off the Business plan.